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# Re: Announcing Cup-O MUD

- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 05:42:43 PST
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- CC: riche@crl.com, moo-cows@parc.xerox.com
- In-reply-to: <199611212333.SAA08735@blackburn.ccs.neu.edu> (message from Jay Carlson on Thu, 21 Nov 1996 15:33:20 PST)

    >>>>> "Jay" == Jay Carlson <nop@nop.com> writes:

        Jay> Alex Stuart writes:
        >> Cup-O MUD is actually one of the first Java-applet MUD/MUVE
        >> clients

        Jay> [...]

        >> The Cup-O MUD client is a fully functional client for
        >> Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs, aka MUDs, MU*s, MOOs,
        >> etc), and other line-based text communication systems, written
        >> in the Java programming language.

        Jay> Why the new term?  Doesn't the existing word "MUD" describe
        Jay> the same thing?

    It does to people who work with these things from a technical point of
    view, but to the general public, including managers etc., a MUD is a
    combat game, so to avoid this connotation, a new term is needed for
    "marketing reasons".  Sorry 'bout that...

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- Re: Announcing Cup-O MUD

- From: Jay Carlson <nop@nop.com>

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